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  NASA's First Laser Communication System Integrated, Ready for Launch

  March 14, 2013 — A new NASA-developed, laser-based space communication system will enable higher rates of satellite communications similar in capability to high-speed fiber optic networks on ... > full story
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  'Hot Spots' Ride a Merry-Go-Round on Jupiter

  March 14, 2013 — In the swirling canopy of Jupiter's atmosphere, cloudless patches are so exceptional that the big ones get the special name "hot spots." Exactly how these clearings form and why they're only found ... > full story
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  Particles and Fields Package Integrated on Upcoming Mars-Bound Spacecraft

  March 14, 2013 — The six science instruments that comprise the Particles and Fields Package that will characterize the solar wind and ionosphere of Mars have been integrated aboard NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile ... > full story
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  Cassini Returns Images of Battered Saturn's Moon Rhea

  March 11, 2013 — Following its last close flyby of Saturn's moon Rhea, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured these raw, unprocessed images of the battered icy moon. They show an ancient, cratered surface bearing the ... > full story
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  Cassini Makes Last Close Flyby of Saturnian Moon Rhea

  March 8, 2013 — NASA's Cassini spacecraft will be swooping close to Saturn's moon Rhea on Saturday, March 9, the last close flyby of Rhea in Cassini's mission. The primary purpose will be to probe the internal ... > full story
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  New 3-D Reconstructions Show Buried Flood Channels on Mars

  March 7, 2013 — New maps of the subsurface of Mars show for the first time buried channels below the surface of the red planet. Understanding the source and scale of the young channels present in Elysium Planitia -- ... > full story
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  Herschel Space Observatory to Complete Its Mission Soon

  March 6, 2013 — The Herschel space observatory is expected to exhaust its supply of liquid helium coolant in the coming weeks, after spending more than three years studying the cool universe and surpassing the ... > full story
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  Cassini Spies Bright Venus from Saturn Orbit

  March 4, 2013 — A distant world gleaming in sunlight, Earth's twin planet, Venus, shines like a bright beacon in images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in orbit around ... > full story
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  SpaceX's Dragon Carrying NASA Cargo Resupplies Space Station

  March 3, 2013 — The Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) Dragon spacecraft was berthed to the International Space Station at 8:56 a.m. EST Sunday. The delivery flight was the second contracted resupply ... > full story
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  New Chemical Probe Provides Tool to Investigate Role of Malignant Brain Tumor Domains in Chromatin Structure and Regulation

  March 1, 2013 — Medical researchers have discovered a chemical probe that can be used to investigate the L3MBTL3 methyl-lysine reader domain. The probe, named UNC1215, will provide researchers with a powerful tool ... > full story

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